Improvement in butter-paddles



U NITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

DEMAS L. GROVER, OF GROTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-PADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,800, dated May 13,1873; application filed April 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DID. GROVER, of Groton, in the county of Tompkinsand in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inDairy-Ladle; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference'marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a dairy-paddle for stirring milk,cream, curd, 850., and provided with a thermometer for ascertaining thetemperature of the material within which it is used.

. In the annexed drawing, A represents an ordinary milk or cream jar orpail, constructed in any of the known and usual ways. B represents thehandle of a ladle, for stirring or agitating the cream or milk. Thishandle is made of wood, and is provided with a recess or groove, inwhich is inserted a thermometer. The thermometer may be made in any ofthe usual ways; but I prefer to have the bulb turned to one side of thestem, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it rests securely within the recess inthe handle without danger-of being broken off or injured. Thethermometer may be protected by having a metal plate sealed over it, theplate having a slot in it through which the mercury may be visible.

At the extremity of the handle a paddle is formed, and is provided withsuitable perforations for the passage of milk, curd, or cheese.

In dairies it is necessary that the cream should be stirred every time afresh quantity of cream is placed in the pail, and it is very necessarythat the cream should be' kept at a uniform temperature. With thisimplement the cream is agitated, and the operator by means of thethermometer can at all times readily tell the temperature.

The implement is equally applicable in cheese-making, and when not inuse can be hung-upon a rack in the milk-room. The hole in the handle,which contains the bulb of the thermometer, should be bored entirelythrough, so that the milk, cream, or cheese may be admitted at the backas well as the front side.

. It will readily be perceived that a ladle thus constructed will be ofgreat service in always quickly designating the temperature of the milkor cream for any purpose for which it may be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- A paddle forstirring milk, cream, orcurd,

Witnesses (J. L. Evnnr, H. K. CLARK.

